Making the Switch is a series where I interview people who studied a particular subject in polytechnic and moved to a different area of study for their degree or went on to work in a totally different field.
In this episode, I speak to Terence Lim who studied Engineering Informatics at Nanyang Polytechnic but made the switch to Marketing for his degree.
0:00 Intro
1:07 Why Engineering Informatics?
3:41 Struggling through 3 years of polytechnic
4:35 Classmates switching too
5:54 Attempt to switch course after Year 1
8:07 Exposure to other disciplines
8:49 After National Service
10:00 First job at a Ministry
10:28 Why switch to Marketing?
11:34 Misconception about Marketing
11:53 Words of advice for those looking to switch
15:57 Don’t be afraid of failure
16:41 ECG Counsellors
17:13 Finding fulfillment
18:30 Cognitive Dissonance
18:44 Learn from other’s experience
19:24 Why work experience is still valuable
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